"As the ceasefire frays, Syrian civilians are again paying the price in blood," said Philippe Bolopion Director for global advocacy at Human Rights Watch (HRW).
"The UN Security Council should act immediately over the attack on al-Quds Hospital and demand an inquiry to determine who is responsible."
UPDATE: Death toll from #AlQuds attacks climbs to 50: patients, 6 med staff in MSF-supported hospital, & people in surrounding area #Aleppo
— Doctors w/o Borders (@MSF_USA) 29 April 2016
According to Bibars Mish'al, a first responder with the Aleppo branch of the Syrian Civil Defense, airstrikes struck al-Quds Hospital, which is supported by the humanitarian organization Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), at 10 p.m. on April 27. There were no military targets in or around the medical facility at that time, Mish'al said.
"It was such a painful sight. We worked for 30 hours to get one small child out of the rubble. And people are still working to extricate others, even as the planes keep flying above our heads and firing," Mish'al told Human Rights Watch from inside Aleppo city.
The HRW have called for the United Nations Security Council to act in response to these attacks on medical facilities.
UN should conduct inquiry into hospital bombings in Syria & sanction those responsible https://t.co/OCtoWgVTZK pic.twitter.com/5ZFEEop1sn
— Andrew Stroehlein (@astroehlein) April 30, 2016
An HRW statement sent to Sputnik read:
"The United Nations Security Council should immediately act in response to these attacks on medical facilities. Under international humanitarian law, medical facilities are afforded a special protection, while also retaining the general protections applied to civilians and civilian structures. The council should request that the UN secretary-general conduct an independent inquiry into the events within two weeks, identify who conducted the strikes, and evaluate the impact the attacks will have on access to health care in the area."
